Bracket for desks



(No Model.)

G. P. DAVIS. BRACKET FOR DEsKs.

No. 408,087. Patented July so, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE P. DAVIS, OF DETROIT, ASSIGNOR TO THE ORIEL CABINET OOM- PANY, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

BRACKET FOR DESKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,087, dated July 30, 1889.

Application filed January 3l, 1889. Serial No. 298.292. (No model.)

T0 all whom t 11mg/ concern:

Ee it known that I, GEORGE I. DAVIS, of Detroit., in the county of \Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Brackets for Desks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in an improvement in brackets for desks, hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Figure l is an end elevation of the desk; Fig. 2, a front elevation of part of the desk; Fig. 3, a front elevation of the bracket; Fig. 4, a detail View, and Fig. 5 a side elevation of the bracket.

X represents a desk of any style or shape, having a hinged lid L, which closes the front ofthe desk when in the position shown in full lines, Fig. l, and forms a writing-table when turned down, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. l. The ordinary way of supporting the lid when turned down is by sliding arms which pull out under the lid; and the object of my invention is to provide a bracket to support the lid, which is operated without attention, merely by the act of raising` or lowering the lid.

B represents a piece ot' metal simulating one leal; of a hinge, which is secured to the lid L. O represents a longer piece of metal, which also simulates the leaf of a hinge, and the parts B and O are pivoted together at A. The 'front end of the part or leaf C is bent down and inward, ending in a T-shaped piece of metal D.

E represents a plate ot metal having therein a slot F, in which the lower end of leaf C plays freely, and having at its upper end a cross-slot G, through which the T-shaped end D of leaf C may be introduced, so that the part D will lie behind the plate E. The metal plate E is secured to the front of the desk in line with the bracket B (l, and a slot is formed in the desk back of said plate to permit free movement of the part D therein, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l.

The operation of my invention is as follows: When the lid L is raised, as in Fig. 2 and in full lines in Fig. l, the bracket B C appears to be a hinge, though of course the real hinges which connect the lid L to the desk are concealed. XVhen the lid L is turned down, the part O of the bracket swings on its. pivot A, and its free end passes downward in slot F until it reaches the bottoni of said slot, when its further motion is arrested andit serves as a bracket to support the lid L.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the desk X, having the inclined lid L, the hinge-bracket B O, jointed at A, the part B, fastened to the lid L, the part O, bent around the lower edge of said lid and terminating in a T-shaped end D, and the slotted plate E, substantially as shown and described.

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IVitnesses:

GEO. II. LorHEoP, ADELAIDE A. ANDERSON. 

